Snapshots

At the July 5, 2011 meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Reisterstown, four Scholarships were awarded to students from Franklin and Owings Mills High Schools.  Pictured from left to rights are Kiwanis Member Bob McNeish, Scholarship Recipient Daniel Pyser from Owings Mills High School, Scholarship Recipient Megan Gerber from Franklin High School, Kiwanis Member Mike Grimes and Scholarship Recipient Abiodun Solomon from Franklin High School.  (not pictured Scholarship Award Recipient Marissa Friedman)

Kiwanian / Wilmington DE Fire Chief, Willie J. Patrick, Jr. and his wife, Cynthia hosted four members of the Wilmington Fire Department's Explorer post  in the City Community Project Day, spending about two hours helping out at the Brandywine Urban Garden. 

The Kiwanis Club of Mt. Airy, along with members of South Carroll and Linganore High Schools' Key Clubs and the Builder's Club of Mt. Airy Middle School, participated in the Mt. Airy Firemen's Carnival Parade Thursday evening. Members walked the route handing out Mardi Gras beads to the children enjoying the parade.

The Kiwanis Club of Parkville recently started a new service project. They have been making stuffed cloth dolls for the children in the Ambulatory Surgical Unit of Franklin Square Hospital. The young patients are encouraged to draw features and clothes on the dolls. Medical personnel can also use the doll's body to demonstrate to the children where the surgical procedures, IVs, etc. A couple members of the Parkville Kiwanis cut out and sew the dolls, and at the second meeting of each month, all the other members spend time stuffing the dolls. Every month, Adam Paul, our President-Elect, takes 25 dolls and packs of markers to the hospital, to be distributed to the children. The hospital's nursing staff has expressed their appreciation for this service project.

2011 East Millsboro Elementary School first grade Kiwanis Terrific Kids Leapster winners (front, left to right) Alex Velasquez-Escalante and Courtney Breneman. Back row, left to right: Teacher Kellie Hall, Millsboro Kiwanis Club members Darlene Phillips and Scott Phillips, Kiwanis Division 11 Lt. Governor Marianne Smith, and teacher Tracey Marvel.

2011 East Millsboro Elementary School second grade Kiwanis Terrific Kids Leapster winners (front, left to right) Cole Jester and Karly Davis. Back row, left to right: Kiwanis Division 11 Lt. Governor Marianne Smith, Millsboro Kiwanis Club members Scott Phillips and Darlene Phillips, teachers Jennifer Conoway and Andrea McCabe.

The Kiwanis Club of Arlington Virginia will celebrate 8 decades of service to our community with a dinner at the Washington Golf and Country Club, Wednesday, September 21, 2011.  The keynote speaker will be The Honorable William Newman.  The social hour begins at 6pm, dinner will commence at 7pm.  Cost is $75.  Please RSVP by September 14 to Edd Nolen, ecnolen@hotmail.com  

Kiwanis Club of LaPlata Scholarship Winner. On June 1, 2011, at the school awards ceremony, Andrea Sanford, a member of the Kiwanis Club of LaPlata, presented the Club's $500 annual scholarship to Jessica Laidley of LaPlata High School. Jessica is an outstanding member of the community and an excellent student. The Kiwanis Club of LaPlata have awarded this scholarship for the last four years through the Charles County Scholarship Fund.